Petechiometer

Description:

The Petechiometer was advertised in 1948 as "a new device used in the measurement of capillary fragility. It is a simplification of the suction-type resistometer used in the Dalldorf test.” Gilbert J. Dalldorf (1900-1979) was a pathologist, virologist, teacher and administrator who received a Lasker Award in 1959 for the discovery of the Coxsackie virus, a virus often found alongside polio.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Sidney Glaser

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0481.414Accession Number: 1985.0481Catalog Number: 1985.0481.414

Object Name: cardiologypetechiometer

Measurements: overall, box: 1 1/2 in x 7 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 17.78 cm x 3.81 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ed33-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1451867

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